@article{article_311938, title={Does running performance in small-sided games have a relation with postural control in youth soccer players?}, journal={Turkish Journal of Sport and Exercise}, volume={19}, pages={83–91}, year={2017}, author={Edıs, Caglar and Vural, Faik and Vurgun, Hikmet}, keywords={Balance,football,running,pedobarography,football match}, abstract={<p> <span lang="en-gb" style="font-size:8pt;line-height:115%;font-family:’Palatino Linotype’, serif;" xml:lang="en-gb">Running speeds of and
the distances covered by footballers during matches or small-sided games have
been well determined. </span> <span lang="en-us" style="font-size:8pt;line-height:115%;font-family:’Palatino Linotype’, serif;" xml:lang="en-us">However,
there is no study associating the properties of these parameters with the
postural control properties in small-sided games (SSG). The aim of the present
study was to determine the relationships between parameters designating
postural control levels and running speeds in SSG. Sixteen youth players </span> <span lang="en-gb" style="font-size:8pt;line-height:115%;font-family:’Palatino Linotype’, serif;" xml:lang="en-gb">(age 17.2 ± 1.02, height
176.25 ± 0.072 cm, body mass 67.67 ± 13.27 kg) voluntarily participated </span> <span lang="en-us" style="font-size:8pt;line-height:115%;font-family:’Palatino Linotype’, serif;" xml:lang="en-us">in all the tests. Postural control was evaluated
using one and both leg stance positions by measuring postural sway specify
according to </span> <span lang="en-gb" style="font-size:8pt;line-height:115%;font-family:’Palatino Linotype’, serif;" xml:lang="en-gb">Center
of Pressure (CoP) </span> <span lang="en-us" style="font-size:8pt;line-height:115%;font-family:’Palatino Linotype’, serif;" xml:lang="en-us">at anterior – posterior (ap) and medial – lateral directions. Movement
data were collected using a 10-Hz global positioning system from games during
the 1vs1, 2vs2, 3vs3 SSG, including measures of speed and the distance covered
at those speeds. The main findings of our study showed a significant
relationship between the running speeds of </span> <span lang="en-gb" style="font-size:8pt;line-height:115%;font-family:’Palatino Linotype’, serif;" xml:lang="en-gb">0-6 km · h <sup>-1 </sup>, 6-10
km · h <sup>-1 </sup> and 10-16 km · h <sup>-1 </sup> which can be defined as the velocities
used in acceleration and direction changes and the postural parameters of CoP <sub>dap </sub>,
CoP <sub>dvel </sub>, <sub> </sub>CoP <sub>ndvel </sub>and CoP <sub>ndvar </sub> </span> <span lang="en-us" style="font-size:8pt;line-height:115%;font-family:’Palatino Linotype’, serif;" xml:lang="en-us">(r-values ranging from 0.503 to 0.639) levels in </span> <span lang="en-gb" style="font-size:8pt;line-height:115%;font-family:’Palatino Linotype’, serif;" xml:lang="en-gb">2vs2 and 3vs3 games. </span> <span lang="en-us" style="font-size:8pt;line-height:115%;font-family:’Palatino Linotype’, serif;" xml:lang="en-us">In conclusion, when improvement of postural
control, which is a variable that can lead to an increase in athletes’
competing performances, is desired, combining practices that are designed to
work out postural control parameters separately </span> <span lang="en-gb" style="font-size:8pt;line-height:115%;font-family:’Palatino Linotype’, serif;" xml:lang="en-gb"> with football specific
exercises (combined training) in a single training session would make
significant contributions to competing performances of athletes. </span> <br /> </p>}, number={1}, publisher={Selçuk Üniversitesi}